To study molecular and cellular events during a specific stage of germ cell differentiation, a more accurate staging method using a phase-contrast microscope is required (Fig. 2). Touch one edge ...

The capabilities of the shared microscopy facility include brightfield, phase contrast, and both 2-D and 3-D fluorescence ... It is mainly used for examination of cell and tissue cultures and of ...

While fuorescence has become the dominant mode in biological microscopy ... contrast microscopy (DIC). The issue with traditional Nomarski DIC is that the intensity profile across a given object is ...

However, it requires fluorescent staining, which poses risks of photobleaching and phototoxicity, potentially damaging the cells under study. Conversely, mid-infrared photoacoustic microscopy (MIR ...